Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
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Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
100+ episodes exploring climate action in cities and neighbourhoods. This show provides actionable advice and case studies on:Sustainable urban design and placemaking principles.How to design cities and neighbourhoods for biodiversity net gain and wildlife.Climate adaptation: How to build resil...
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Urban Wilding Hub - Mainstreaming rewilding in cities
Urban Wilding Hub is a new not-for-profit with the mission to mainstream rewilding in towns and cities across Europe. In this episode I explain why I'...
#120: Biomimicry in Architecture and Urbanism, with Michael Pawlyn
Biomimicry has the potential to transform the way we design buildings, public spaces and local economies to reduce environmental harm and improve our...
Nature-led Urban Design - Join our study tour and masterclass in London on 25 September
I'm co-leading a fantastic urban design training on 25 September at the Olympic Park in London, UK. Listen to learn more about the format and what you...
#119: Timber-first Development, with Bywater Properties
A conversation with Theo Michell (COO) and Joe Jack Williams (Head of sustainability) at Bywater Properties. We talk about:
Bywat...
#118: Sustainable Street Furniture for Joyful Public Spaces, with Furnitubes
This episode is a conversation with Catherine Barratt, Managing Director of Furnitubes. Furnitubes create modular street furniture that helps to bring...
#117: (WILD) Wilding Campuses
This episode is a conversation about the 'Wilding Campuses' programme, led by Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK). We talk about the pract...
#116: A Climate of Truth, with Mike Berners-Lee
Mike Berners-Lee is a consultant and author of the new book A Climate of Truth. In this episode we discuss the polycrisis and how raising standards of...
#115: (WILD) Urban Rewilding with Communities, with Citizen Zoo
This is a conversation with Elliot Newton and Ben Stockwell of Citizen Zoo, a Community Interest Company that are rewilding urban areas with communiti...
#114: Regenerative Design in Practice, with Scott McAulay (Architype)
This is a conversation with Scott McAulay, Regenerative Design and Infrastructures Specialist at pioneering architecture studio Architype. We talk abo...
#113: The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard explained
This episode is a conversation with Salem Qunsol, Principal Sustainability Consultant at Verte, about the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard.
#112: How to make sustainability irresistible
My guest is Virginia Cinquemani, a coach, trainer and Director at Green Gorilla. In this episode we discuss strategies from her book The Good Communic...
#111: Engaging Communities with the Future of Place and Nature, with the Place Bureau
My guests today are Rosanna Vitiello, Chief at the Place Bureau, and Domenica Landin, Associate Design Researcher at Place Bureau.
Place Bureau...
Nature-led Masterplanning and Placemaking + Webinar Announcement
Register for the webinar on 25 April: Nature-led Masterplanning with EcoResponsive Environments
This podcast is a re-upload of my conversation w...
#110: Wild Cities - Lessons from cities where biodiversity thrives
My guest today is Chris Fitch, author of the upcoming book Wild Cities: Discovering New Ways of Living in the Modern Urban Jungle. In this episode we...
#109: (WILD) Rewilding and Reconnecting Towns with the Landscape
This episode is a conversation with Stephen Mason, Community Parks Officer at Cheltenham Borough Council. We discuss:
Don't miss the other episo...
Free Tool: Your City's Climate in 2050
Get free tool: https://free.greenurbanist.org/2050climatetool
In this episode I share a free tool you can use to understand what the local clima...
#108: (WILD) Rewilding for Urban Flood Resilience
My guests on this episode are Ian Russell and Jamie Kukadia from the watercourses team at London Borough of Enfield. We discuss:
Learn more abou...
#107: Strategies for Communicating Sustainability with Clients and Communities
In this episode I share 4 tips for effectively communicating about sustainability and climate change with a variety of audiences like clients, collabo...
#106: Sustainable Placemaking - creating places where people and nature thrive
In this episode I explore Sustainable Placemaking: an 8-step process for creating places that people love and maximise sustainability opportunities. <...
#105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson (LDA Design)
This is episode 2 of 6 in the podcast series on urban rewilding.
My guest is Sophie Thompson, a landscape architect and Director at LDA Design.<...
#104: Local Energy Solutions: Case Studies + Interactive Map
My guest is Duygu Kutluay, a campaigner at Beyond Fossil Fuels.
We discuss:
More about Beyond Fossil Fuels: https://beyondfossilfuels.org...
#103: The 5 Types of Sustainable Change-Maker and Your Role in Systems Change
In this episode I explore the different roles that built environment professionals can play in leveraging systems change for sustainability. This is b...
#102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species - Sean McCormack, Ealing Beaver Project
This episode is part of a 6-part series on Urban Rewilding.
My guest is Sean McCormack, Chair of Ealing Wildlife Group. Sean led the rei...
#101: Sacrifice Zones - Rebuild after disaster or return to nature?
This episode is a conversation with Jonathan Rosenbloom, Associate Dean at Albany Law School who has researched and written about sacrifice zones. He...
#100: Create Sustainable Change through your Work - Advice from 3 Experts
This is a recording of a live streamed podcast episode to celebrate episode 100 of the podcast. I was joined by three guests, who you might recognise...
#99: Sustainability Career Advice + 3 Circular Economy Case Studies, with Valentina Petrone
My guest on this episode is Valentina Petrone, a circular economy expert based in New South Wales, Australia.
In this episode, Valentina...
#98: Circular Economy: Making Material Reuse Happen at Scale, with Material Index
This episode is a conversation with Morgan Lewis, Co-Founder and CEO at Material Index.
In the UK, 60% of all waste comes from the construction...
#97: Climate Adaptation Strategies for Urban Trees and Woodlands
In this episode I share some learnings from my recent research project about how climate change is likely to affect an urban nature reserve in London...
#96: Mainstreaming Passive Building Design in the USA, with Phius
My guest on this episode is Katrin Klingenberg, the Executive Director of Phius. Phius is a non-profit organization committed to decarbonizing the bui...
#95: EcoResponsive Environments: Designing with Natural Systems
This episode is a conversation with Prachi Rampuria and Soham De, co-founders of an urban design practice called EcoResponsive Environments and are co...
#94: Stories of the Internet of Nature from 'The Nature of Our Cities' book, with Nadina Galle
Nadina Galle is an ecological engineer, National Geographic Explorer, science and nature writer, podcaster, and keynote speaker. She helps green profe...
#93: An AI Tool to Streamline Biodiversity Net Gain, with Shashin Mishra (BNGAI)
This episode is all about technology to help us deliver Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). My guest is Shashin Mishra, VP of EMEA for AiDash.
W...
#92: Chicago's Wild Mile and Other Urban Nature Innovations, with Doug Voigt (SOM)
Doug Voigt, a partner at SOM, discusses the Wild Mile project in Chicago and the importance of rewilding and restoring ecological systems in cities. T...
#91: A West African Perspective on Sustainable Architecture, with James Inedu-George (HTL Africa)
James is founding partner of HTL Africa, a research-driven architectural firm dedicated to addressing the specific challenges of West African environm...
#90: Nature-Sensitive Urban Design, with Dr Thami Croeser
Dr Thami Croeser is an urban planner with a focus on bringing nature back into cities in practical ways, at large scale. He is a Research Fellow at RM...
#89: A Planning System to Address the Climate and Housing Crises, with Shaun Spiers
Shaun Spiers is the Executive Director of the environmental think-tank, Green Alliance. In this episode we discuss how a stronger planning system in t...
#88: Restoring Landscapes and Reconnecting to Nature, with Alexandra Steed
Alexandra Steed is a passionate landscape architect with a deep commitment to art, sustainability, and the transformative power of landscapes.
...
#87: Biophilic Architecture and Design, with Louisa Whitmore (@louisatalksbuildings)
Louisa Whitmore is an architecture enthusiast, TikToker and host of the Nature of Design documentary series. In this episode we discuss her experience...
#86: Regenerative Architecture Index - Accelerating towards a regenerative built environment
In conversation with Alisdair Ben Dixon (Collective Works), Anna Lisa McSweeney (White Arkitekter) and Isabel Allen (Architecture Today) about the new...
#85: Using 3D Modelling, Digital Twins and Generative Design for Sustainability, with VU.CITY
I sit down with Andrew Bullmore of VU.CITY to discuss how 3D models, digital twins and artificial intelligence tools can be used to do better, evidenc...